THE REMIT

ICARB - THE INITIATIVE FOR CARBON ACCOUNTING

Purpose: ICARB provides a space for technical experts, academics, policy and decision makers and practitioners alike to:

•A Forum to discuss and agree and ways forward in the development of Relevant, Complete, Consistent, Transparent and Accurate accounting tools.

•To share technical challenges and solutions

•To be part of a capacity building process across Scottish sectors and stakeholders in this emerging field.

WESTMINSTER / SCOTTISH CARBON COUNTING GROUP / ICARBNational & International Conferences

1ST Meeting 2005 – Oxford – with Seb Carney and Marieke van Staadten / ICLEI1st Conference – 2008 - METRICS

Institution of Civil Engineers at 1 George Street, Westminster 2nd Conference 2008 - Scottish Parliament , Holyrood

METHODS 3rd Conference 2011- Edinburgh Conference CentreCARBON ACCOUNTING LANDSCAPES IN SCOTLAND4th Conference 2012 - Edinburgh Conference Centre

SECTORAL ACCOUNTING 5th Conference 2013 - Edinburgh Conference Centre,

ENERGY ACCOUNTING 6TH Conference 2014 – Edinburgh City Chambers

CITY AND COMMUNITY LEVEL ACCOUNTING

2008 - 10 Carbon Accounting Working Parties 2012

General Depth – Methodological

parameters1. Units and Metrics2. Datasets 3. Boundaries4. Factors

SectorialVertical – Application levels5. Vertical Scoping: Individual,

city, region, nationHorizontal - Sectors6. Buildings7. ICT 8. Transport, Water, Waste9. Food, Agriculture and Land

Use10.Energy: oil and gas, coal,

nuclear, renewables, demand

11.Materials

Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot Watt University 25th November 2011, 9.00am - 5.pmSurveying the landscape and mapping the future of Carbon Accounting in Scotland

2013 ICARB WorkshopsWorkshops on Built Environment Mitigation:•Natural Ventilation•Thermal Comfort & Behaviours •Thermal Energy Storage / Mass •Solar Buildings

2012 Annual Conference on Energy Accounting

2011 ICARB Conference programme

2014:Studies: Funded by the Michael Ventris Award, London.Workshops: Funded by the Energy Technology Partnership, ERDF, The Castansa Trust, Climate X Change •Backcasting Scotland’s Energy Future 2030http://icarb.org/2014/06/02/backcasting-summit/•Energy Storgage workshop – 21st October 2014http://icarb.org/energy-workshop/

6th ICARB Conference 5th September 2014

For more information seewww.icarb.org + www.icarbconference.org

This years particularly wants to thank :

The Castansa Trust and Edinburgh City Council

And the speakers, facilitators, scribes and delegates and Edinburgh